Department · vaiu-hum-lit-*
Literatures in English from the medieval period to the contemporary and global anglophone, together with the craft of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing.
Research areas
Faculty directory
Department chair · Literary Theory & the Novel
Prof. Chiara Wilder
History of the novel, literary theory & criticism, and narrative studies.
Professor · Medieval & Early Modern Literature
Prof. Lucia Ozan
Chaucer & medieval literature, Shakespeare & Renaissance drama, and Milton & the 17th century.
Professor · 18th Century to Modernist Literature
Prof. Idris Brandt
Romanticism, Victorian literature, and modernism.
Professor · American & Global Anglophone Literature
Prof. Fatima Kaine
American literature, postcolonial & global anglophone writing, and contemporary fiction.
Professor · Fiction & Nonfiction
Prof. Salma Gale
Fiction workshop, creative nonfiction & the essay, and editing & narrative craft.
Professor · Poetry & Poetics
Prof. Andrei Larkin
Poetry workshop, prosody & poetic form, and contemporary poetry & translation.